Shoe lace and holder therefor



Dec. 14 1926?. 1,610,255@v J. H. CAMPBELL SHOE LACE AND HOLDER THEREFOR Filed May 9. 1925 Patenti-@Dee 14, 1926. 'i i i A@Pf JAMES n. cAMrBnILL, 'on oirroAGofinizIivs, yAssregirn. ro'v'riin rL'onsHEiivr "sieren COMPANY, 0F onIoAGo, rLnnvorsAlcoBroiaA'roN onrLLINoIs fsHon nAen Anp HOLDERv 'rnnnn'ronaf zApplication `'filed-:May 9,'19251.' Serial-Ne 29,031. i

" lThis invention relates to laces and holding means thereforin general and more vparl Y ticularly to such laces' and holding means therefor as are adapted to beusedV in lacing shoes, leggings," etc. Heretofore l-the usual laces provided for 'shoes have las is well known required the two upper ends .t0l be tied, usually in a bow.' VBows have been used since timeimmemorial becausethey afford a Vfairly good means of securingthe two' advantages; bowsv are i very often .unsightly and are furthermore Valways vsulojectto l-be caught by' anything which may4V come into Contact with the same and ybecome untied;v

Y' Itis accordingly an object of thisinvenfy tion: to provide an Aeilicient means forlacing a shoe in whichthe'yabove disadvantages incident to the use of a' bow will not be present A .A v

nis fui-thema Objei'of this invention mi provide* a pivoted clip on the inside `of a, yshoe adapted to receive the upper end-'fof the lacing to hold the 'shoe laced in a neat fashion .and obviatingthe necessity of .the use of a bow.

It' is furthermore anobject efthis invention'to provide a shoe with 'an improved lace,

one end of `which is providedfwithmeans whereby said end may be secured infone of thelou'erinost.eyelets while" the Vupper end Y `It is an important object*ofthislinvention of the lace may be engaged in a holder 'provided on the inside of the shoe-andl adapted to obviate the use of a lbow.

to provide a holding means for a shoe la-ce which 1s simple and lwhich may be quickly and conveniently-secured in position to hold oneend of ka lace in a vhidden position andV Yobviatingthe use of a how.

Other and further important objects of y' this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the'lspeciicationv and the accom` panying drawings.

This invention illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described. f

On the drawings: i Y Figure 1 represents a shoe having a lace -i VFigure'? is a sectional vview 'modified forin ofthedevice'corresponding` (in a preferred form) is.

ciples. 5of thissinv'ention.v A o i Figure 2 is a detail 'front fragmentary View of .the .shoe .shown inv Figure .l Vshowr-v andlace holder therein embodying theprin# position.y f f :.-Figure13 is an enlarged View ofthe holding means removed from the shoe and illus; tratingfalportion ofvav lace lin dotted lines;

Figure 4 isalV enlarged ,fragmentary de-V tailV section ltaken lon line IVIV of Figi-y ure-i2.- Y' Figurel 5s-is anv enlarged fragmentary detail-L section 'taken Online V-V of Figure 2.

Figure' is a sectional view ofa modifi ied form ofthe device corresponding to the sectionshown in Figure 5.l f Y V"JAS showneon'the drawings :V g, The reference numeral l represents a shoe having anupper portionj2 which is adaptf ed' to'be laced ltogether lby 'means ofV an improved shoe lace YV3. fAs shown in Figure-2 and more `particularly in Figure 5,`th e low-V erend of. the .lace 3 is :suitably: secured beneath a lower le'ftv hand eyelet 4 and an inner` layer 55` Yby means of-a" pin 16 around whichthe end of-theflace 3 is looped.` The lace 3 istthenfthreaded upwardly through'v the eyelet -4 andthefopening alined there- 'with Vin the; upper portion'v 2" and is laced asshown in Figure2 to secure the .adjacent edges 11 of the upper portion 2 together. As shown in'Figure l2 andmore particularlyinoFigure 4 'theupper end of the Alacing '3 extends throughone of the'upper. eyelets The eyelet 7 issecured through the vine ner layer aand/rotatably seeuredin position thereby isaholder or clip member 8.

The holder or clip member 8 maybe made of stamped metal and is shaped substantially as shownin Figure The clipv 8 vis providedwith a longitudinal slot 49 which Y is'narrowed at one endfand enlarged at 'its other end to permit one end of the lacing l Y 3 to'be freely' passedtherethrough. The

ylacing f3 `is. adapted. after 'v being passed through the eyelet 7 as shown in Figure 4 ing the holder in dotted: lines initsl'loclred of another and reversed through thev aperture 9 to be wedged in the member 8 by merely moving the v.end thereof in the restricted portion of*v the slot 9. The pivoted clip 8. with theend ofthe shoev lace engaged therethroughis now turned into the dotted line position .of Figure 2V between the shoe tcngfue 10 and the inner lside of the shoe top. Y Asillustrated in Egures l and 2, the improved clip and shoe lace afford a ready means for holding a shoe neatly laced, Without the use of a'boW, with one end ofk the improved lace secured by suitable means in one of the loyvermost eyelets, WhileY the up.- per yend of the lace is conveniently hidden Within the shoe and heldv loclrediin position by means of the'improved. pivoted retaining clip 8. Y

Figure 6 illustrates a modified means fer securing the lower end lof the lacing 3, in one ofthe loWermost shoe eyelets. In this modi.,- fication there is secured to the lowen end of the lacing 3 a male member H of asnap fasitener, the female member 12 ofwhich is ser cured in place in the position of one of the loWermost shoe eyelets 4l, orl if preferred the female member l2 of the snap fastener may be omittedrand the malememben Il constructedto interlit with one'of the lowermost shoe eyelets. y Y

`Figure 7' illustrates another lmodified y means of securing the lower-end of the lace 3 in one of the lowermost shoe eyelets.V In

this form there is secured on'the lower end of the lacing-3a fiat dislrmember- 13 which has a ferrule 14 integrali therewith` and'v secured to the end of the lace 3. The ydisk 13 is adapted to contact against one of the lowermost eyelets l5 of" a shoel to hold; the

lower end ofthe shoe lace secured. in place.-

In unlacing the shoe the member Sis pivoted about the eyelet 7 so as to project the member 8 out of thel top of the shoe, lin which position it is a Vsimple matter to dis.- lodge the end ofthe lacing 3 from theaper'- ture-91andto remove the same therefrom for vpermit-tingthev unlacingof the shoe.

lItwill be'obvious that shoes may be laced in the st-andard'waysvand both ends of the shoe lace engaged in pivoted clips 8 en.- gaged in position on the `uppermost pair of eyelets 7 of the shoe. The 'tWovends'oft-he lace may thenbe hidden by simply turning the clips 8 down into the shoe thereby obviating the use of an unsightly bowl VIt Will also be .seen thatV this form Oflacing 'Y Y andholding means therefor may he used not lonly on shoes, but alsoJ on leggngs, corsets,

vets/If.v .Y It willA be apparent-r that by the provision ofthe improved lace and the holding means therefer, avery neat lacing eiect iS obtanedwhicll is smplefand which may be convenientlyused.

I am aware thatmany changes may be made, and numerous details of vconstruction may; be varied through a Wide range Without departing from the principles of this inventomancl; I; thereforey dof'not purpose limitingthe patent granted hersen, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art I claim 21e-my invention:

l'. The cembnation with a la@ Shoe, of; a shoe lace having one end thereof: secured in one of the lowermost eyelets ofthe shoe, and

meanspivoted'onfone of the uppermost keye-V lets of theshoe adaptedto receive the upper end ofthe lace after aliasingopretion'of the shoe, said means adapted to be moved inte an` out of thewvay position Within the shoe to; hold. the upper end ofthelaee locked ina hidden position, f

The eembnatonwltll a lace Shea, 0fan Ya-pertured' clip pivotally-'mounted Within the shoe,` and. adapted to receive and'hold an endE of ashoe lace in a hidden-position With; ing theshQe, f v

- 3; Thecombinatien Wit-h laceshoe, of a cliphav-ing an aperture in one end thereof to permit the clip tobe pivetally supponted on kone of thenppermost eyelets off the shoe,

said clip having-a tapered slet ther-ein adaptf ed tO-recefe the upper end ef a, shoe lace ,engaged therein to hold the end of said shoelaee clamped ijn position against unlacng when the clip is Aswung into a'hidden posihereunto-sub 

